Tuesday, May 12, 2009

tell me how you met


last week i went speed dating. i had fun, but didn't meet anyone i wanted to see again. it's kind of hard to imagine meeting someone that way. or maybe it's just hard to imagine meeting someone from the physics department. who knows?

i want to know how you met your spouse/partner/significant other/someone else you love. was it on a date? did you like her or him right away? my friends max and leslie have known each other since they were little kids and they didn't like each other at all. he thought she was annoying, and she thought he was mean.

OK, so here's mine:

one day i came home from visiting my cousin and my mom was sitting on the couch. we started talking, and it took me a few moments to notice that between my mom and the navy blue arm of the couch was a little black puppy. he was very quiet, waiting for me to notice him. when i did, i picked him up right away. he was very soft and wiggly and i already knew i loved him. that was rimmy and that happened almost 16 years ago!


Thursday, May 7, 2009

speed dating










so...i went to harvard grad student speed dating. it was at a very nice restaurant/bar, and i had fun. i did not, however, meet mr. right...or ms. right for that matter. i don't know what to say except that all of the guys were harvard students, most of them were very nice, and seemed to be terrified of me. i don't think they appr
eciated local food, weird music or my outfit. still, it was fun to see who was out there. my favorite moment:

me: nice to meet you! i'm a composer.
guy from the physics dept: oh, really? well, i don't actually like music. i never listen to it.

me: you never listen to any music? at all? what do you like to do?
guy: well, tonight i'm going to see the star trek movie...